Bill c-11
According to copyright experts, giant media conglomerates are lobbying for Internet lockdown powers allowing them to:
- Cut your Internet access for no good reason.
- Remove or hide vast swaths of the Internet
- Lock users out of their own services (already proposed legislation!).
Taken together, these policies would fundamentally change the Internet, severely limit free expression, and hogtie innovators.
A similar scheme in the US led to a huge public outcry forcing Big Media lobbyists to back off from their plan to impose the now-infamous SOPA and PIPA1 legislation. Now, those lobbyists are turning to Canada through legislation like Bill C-11 and trade agreements called ACTA2 and TPP3.
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Internet law expert Michael Geist recently revealed that behind-the-scenes, Big Media is pushing for powers that include website blocking4, Internet termination for unproven allegations of infringement5, and huge threats for sites that host user-generated content (like YouTube)6 in addition to the “most restrictive digital lock provisions in the world,”7 which are already in Bill C-11.
This approach is backwards: it suffocates online choice and it’s patently unfair.
It's time for policy makers to stop listening to megacorporate lobbyists and work to put Canada on the map as a leader in Internet openness and affordability.
Tell the Prime Minister and the Industry Minister to say no to the Internet lockdown before it's too late. →
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